Episodes

Rich and I discuss the baseball card products of one of the most innovative card companies and the people involved including some history-repeated stories.

Rich and I go round three of the Dueling Questions format.

Pete shares his strong background in the hobby, landing at Heritage for the past 12 years.

Ryan discusses how he has applied what he learned as a young collector to his current career in money management.

Steve gives his hobby origin story starting as a young card collector in Chicago.

Collectable has syndicated the PSA 10 Mickey Mantle from 1953 Topps, a true condition rarity.

Both my father and father-in-law have birthdays this week - they are terrific examples of the greatest generation.  More than 90% of the Major Leaguers their ages have passed, but left their mark.

Ken and I trade questions about our hobby aspirations among other topics.

Tanner and I discuss the dramatic effect of the Internet on sports card collecting at the three inflection points of Tanner's hobby experience.

Rich and I discuss Donruss' innovative (at the time) approach to the Canadian baseball card market and its enduring collectability.

Jeff shares the evolution of Topps' eCommerce efforts, breaking big this year.

A brief recap of the past twenty episodes over the past four weeks in case you missed a few, and are curious.  If you want to hear more on some topic, just email me at doctorjamesbeckett@gmail.com

Sports card buyers love good deals - but how to negotiate them in this bull market.

Sports card sellers frequently negotiate, but perhaps less so in a bull market.

Nick and I trade questions about the hobby and our experiences.

Mike and I have a side conversation discussing hobby hiring practices.

Mike relates his Western Canadian sports card hobby journey with us.

A well-deserved tribute to Lou Brock, who passed away at 81 on Sunday afternoon.

Long-time insurance pro and serious hockey card collector, Ken Capell and I discuss the merits of insuring your sports card collection.

Tanner and I kept the recorder going and I have extracted this short exchange from his interview of me, which I thought you would like.

On Adam's The Basketball Card Podcast last week (recommend that you listen to the whole episode) I was asked about historical market manipulation of the card hobby.  My brief response recorded here is a small part of the show.

The most interesting of the modern O-Pee-Chee baseball sets with all the subtle and not-so-subtle differences compared to the Topps set of the same year.

Adam suggests that every serious collector should be on Instagram and gives his four reasons why.

There is sorting and there is mega-sorting.  Mike shares his on-going experience breaking down a largely-unsorted million-card inventory.